Washing-machine



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

J. 0. URUM.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 327,922. Patented Oct. 6;, 1885.

LN VEJVTOR (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. O. GRUM.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 327,922. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

Q Q/w 12M y W 4 J5 /5. Was- /Z., 1%

N. PETERS Phelo-Lnhognphar. Wnhingmn. 11cv llnrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. CRUM, OF LADIESBURG, MARYLAND.

WASHING -MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,922, dated October 6,1885.

Application filed March 10, i885.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES 0. GRUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ladiesburg, in the county of Frederick and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vashing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a transverse sectional view of a washing'machine with my improvements attached. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectional view on line x m of Fig. 1.

My invention relates to washing-machines provided with a rotary cylinder; and it consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of devices, all of which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A represents a washboiler, of any well-known construction.

B represents a firebox extending nearly the entire length of the boiler, and provided with the ordinary door, a, and fine 1;. Immediately above the fire-box B, and projecting from the inner sides of the boiler, is a ledge or projection, 0, which supports a false bottom, to be hereinafter described. The fire-box B in the present instance is so arranged that its bottom lies above the bottom of the boiler, so that all sides of the fire-box. come into direct contact with the water in the boiler, thereby heating the water more readily than if the fire-box formed an integral part of the boiler.

While it is desirable to have the firebox located within the boiler, it is not absolutely essential in the successful operation of my device, as the boiler, which has the ordinary sheet metal bottom, may be placed upon a stove or furnace, and by this means the water contained in the boiler may be heated, the steam thereby generated escaping through suitable fountain'tubes in the same manner as when the furnace is arranged as shown in the drawings.

The false bottom 0, as before stated, is sup ported by the ledge or projection c, and it has openings formed on three of its sides, said Serial No. 158,337. (No model.)

openings entering into an equal number of fountain-tubes, d, d, and e, each of which has a closed top with suitable ports, f, near the tops, through which the steam passes to the body of clothes within the cylinder. The bot tom 0 is also formed with outlet-openings g, which are controlled by suitable valves, h, secured to the bottom in such manner that the pressure of the surplus water from the cylinder opens these valves and allows the said water to flow back into the boiler, where it is again heated.

D represents a cylinder composed, essentially, of the end disks, t z, and the transverse inwardly-projecting ribs or projections K, which are perforated to receive the annular wire rings or bands E, which constitute the outer casing of the cylinder, the perforations separating the rings and holding them securely in their proper position. The cylinder D is also provided with another hollow cylinder, F, whose diameter is considerably less than the diameter of said cylinder, and it is also provided with wire bands and transverse bars in a manner similar to that above described.

From the foregoing description it is evident the clothes are contained in the space between the two cylinders, and are continually changing their position,which change is assisted by the ribs K on the cylinder D.

The disks i i, which constitute the ends of the cylinder, are provided, respectively, with a projecting stud, F, to which the crank or other suitable means for operating the cylinder is attached, and with a hollow sleeve, G, adapted to rest upon a bracket, H, secured to the fountaintube d. The tube cl is also provided with a short pipe, m, to which is firmly secured a pipe, K, perforated or otherwise, which extends into the inner cylinder to a point at or about its longitudinal center, and through this pipe the steam generated in the boiler passes, from whence it passes between the spaces made by the bands of the inner cylinder, and coming in direct contact with the clothes greatly assists in cleaning them from all dirt, grease, or other foreign substance. The inner cylinder is also provided with a door, n, through which the hand may be inserted to screw or unscrew the pipe with the short pipe m.

It will be seen the pipe K is protccted'by being located within the hollow inner cylinder, thereby preventing the clothes from interfering with the free exit of steam, and rendering the washing of the clothes comparatively easy.

The cylinder D is provided with a hinged section, D, through which the clothes are inserted within said cylinder, and the boiler is provided with a suitable cover, L, having handles for removing it from the boiler.

I am aware it is not broadly new to constructacylinder with wire-gauze or with transverse bars. I am also aware that'a false bottom provided with two fountain-tubes and a cylinder with ribs to hold the clothes are not broadly new, and these features I therefore do not claim, broadly; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a boiler provided with a fire-box extending nearly its entire length and a water-ch amber entirely surrounding the fire-box, a false bottom having fountain-tubes on three of its sides and communicating with the water-chamber, a receptacle having an interior and exterior cylinder of difi'erent diameters, and a perforated pipe lo cated within the inner cylinder, and through which steam is admitted to the clothes, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination of a boiler provided with a ledge, 0, false bottom supported upon the ledge, fountain-tube d, d, and e, projecting from said bottom and in communication with a "water chamber, suitable valves attached to the n, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

4. A washing-machine comprising the combination of a boiler, a firebox, a water-chamber entirely surrounding the fire-box, a fountain-tube, d, provided with a short pipe, m, a

bracket, H, supporting one end of the cylin- &

der, a steam pipe, K, within the cylinder, screwed into the pipe m, which discharges steam and water upon the clothes through the sides of the inner cylinder, and a false bottom provided with fountain-tubes d and 6, discharging steam and water upon the clothes through the sides of the outer cylinder and at right angles to the discharge-pipe, all constructed and arranged to operate as herein set forth.

minus 0. 0mm.

WVi tness es:

H. B. APPLEWHAITE, DANIEL CLARK. 

